Lawyer rankings

Martin Toto

Work Department

Antitrust/Competition, Commercial Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions

Position

Partner

Career

To read more, visit: www.whitecase.com/people/martin-m-toto

United States: Antitrust

Cartel

Within: Cartel

Global antitrust chair Mark Gidley spearheads White & Case LLP‚Äôs practice, which is recommended for high-stakes US and global investigations and associated civil litigation. Christopher Curran and Eileen Cole are working with the Tokyo office to advise Maruyasu Industries on a DOJ investigation into price-fixing and market allocation of multiple automotive parts. Christopher Curran and New York-based Martin Toto and John Chung are other notable members of the team, as are recently promoted partners Heather Burke in Silicon Valley and Kate Dyson in Boston. Peter Carney is a rising star.

Civil litigation/class actions

Within: Civil litigation/class actions

Led by global antitrust head Mark Gidley, White & Case LLP‚Äôs group, which has ‚Äėgreat business acumen and industry knowledge‚Äô, has an enviable track record in class actions, individual actions (covering the gamut of claims) and merger litigation. The team has a particularly outstanding reputation in pharmaceutical sector cases; among a string of recent successes in this arena, in a precedent-setting case, a Washington DC-based team including Gidley, Peter Carney, Eileen Cole, Noah Brumfield (Silicon Valley and Washington DC) and others successfully defended Warner Chilcott at the Third Circuit against product-hopping claims connected with acne medication Doryx. The firm also represented Allergan in a putative class action concerning its Botox product and a licensing agreement with Korea-based Medytox, the result of which would have allegedly delayed entry into the US of a competing product to Botox (manufactured by Medytox). Elsewhere, Christopher Curran and New York-based Martin Toto and John Chung are defending Toshiba against a billion-dollar lawsuit brought by the Illinois Attorney General against manufacturers of LCD panels. Jack Pace and Robert Milne (both New York), Eric Grannon (Washington DC) and recently promoted partner Heather Burke (Silicon Valley) are also recommended.

Search News and Articles

Following the US subprime crisis that began in 2007, the notion of securitisation has suffered from bad press that tainted its reputation. However, securitisation is still considered as an essential component to continued economic recovery and for well-functioning financial markets.

The
US Department of Justice ("DOJ") had announced a pilot program [1]
("Pilot Program") on April 5, 2016, which created new mitigation opportunities
for companies that (i) voluntarily self-disclosed, (ii) cooperated fully, and
(iii) took timely and appropriate remedial actions in FCPA matters that fell
within the Fraud Section's mandate. The Pilot Program was to remain in effect
for 1 year, starting from the day of its announcement. On March 10, 2017, the
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth A. Blanco, announced in a speech
that the Pilot Program would continue in full force until the DOJ reached a
final decision on whether to extend it, and what revisions, if any, should be
made to it. [2]
The evaluation period of the Pilot Program ended on November 29, 2017, when
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the new FCPA Enforcement
Policy ("Policy"), which effectively makes the Pilot Program permanent with
some revisions. According to Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, the FCPA Unit
received 30 voluntary disclosures during the time period that the Pilot Program
was in force, as opposed to 18 voluntary disclosures that were received during
the previous 18-month
period. The Policy has been incorporated into the United States Attorneys' Manual
in order to "be readily understood and easily applied by busy prosecutors" as
opposed to being promulgated in memorandum format. [3]

With the Statutory Decree No.671 dated August 17, 2016, and the recent changes with Regulations No.29987 and No.29824 on Regulation Regarding an Amendment on Placement to Open Punishment Execution Facilities effecting execution of the Law No.5275 on Punishment Execution Law has introduced significant changes.

To step forward as an environment-friendly government, the Moon Jae-in Administration has announced its key environmental policies, including improving safety in chemical substances and household chemical products, and reinforcing implementation measures of the Paris Agreement.¬† Under the ‚Äúsustainable development‚ÄĚ paradigm, the new administration will continually promote new regulations to protect the environment and strengthen its enforcement of environmental regulations.

Controllers and processors who have completed Phase I
registration with the National Privacy Commission (NPC) will now have to gear
up for Phase II. Phase II involves providing the NPC certain information on the
organization‚Äôs compliance with the Data Privacy Act (DPA).

¬† The importance and feasibility of crowdfunding platforms is increasing in stature and importance for current and future the entrepreneurs. Malta has recently acceded to the rising trend by creating its first crowdfunding platform, ZAAR, a reward-based crowdfunding platform who has recently been awarded with the first prize in its section at the National Enterprise Support Awards 2016 also as well as being one of the local projects that have represented Malta at the European Enterprise Promotion Awards 2016, held in Slovakia. Nonetheless start-ups based in Malta with global aspirations often rely on international platforms. An increase in interest has emerged amongst the art and culture community as well in social entrepreneurship projects. Crowdfunding in Malta is still at the early stages of development. Despite this, there are endless opportunities for local entrepreneurs and the local business community. Research has shown that through international crowdfunding platforms, monies have been raised for projects in the field of gaming consoles, apps and software as well as for artistic projects. ¬†Testimony to this is a new game design studio in Malta, that launched its first game, Politicks, raised financing through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.